PH01:BRK/Passive House Brookings : Sioux Falls Design Center Presentation by Charles MacBride

PH01:BRK/Passive House Brookings Sioux Falls Design Center Presentation Charles MacBride & Robert Arlt January 18, 2018

No. 02

South Dakota State University Department of Architecture

The South Dakota State University Department of Architecture (DoArch) supports faculty in the dissemination of research and promotion of architecture culture, fostering dialog and highlighting issues of academic importance. These documents are collected and produced as impressions from such events. In January 2018, DoArch faculty Robert Arlt and Charles MacBride presented a lecture as part of a larger exhibition of PH01:BRK/Passive House Brookings at the Sioux Falls Design Center. The lecture and exhibition marked an important moment for reflection following two design studios and the beginning of construction on the house, which is funded in part by a grant from the South Dakota Governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office of Economic Development. This small document is a collection of images and work from the studio, SFDC exhibition, and the PH01:BRK construction site. This and future documents like this generate a record of these experiences and grow the collective memory of the Department.

This document is a collection of images from Charles MacBride and Robert Arltâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presentation on PH01:BRK at the Sioux Falls Design Center in January 2018. It also includes images of past studio reviews that consisted of work for PH01:BRK. Publisher Department of Architecture (DoArch) South Dakota State University 905 N Campanile Ave. Brookings, SD. 57007 www.sdstate.edu/architecture Designed by Blake Foxley Graduate Assistant, Department of Architecture South Dakota State University Assisted by Mahmoud Sadek Undergraduate Student, Department of Architecture South Dakota State University Typeset in Galaxy Polaris No part of this book may be reprinted without written consent from the author(s). In the United States, most registration boards require a degree from an accredited professional degree program as a prerequisite for licensure. The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), which is the sole agency authorized to accredit professional degree programs in architecture offered by institutions with U.S. regional accreditation, recognizes three types of degrees: the Bachelor of Architecture, the Master of Architecture, and the Doctor of Architecture. A program may be granted an eight-year, three-year, or two-year term of accreditation, depending on the extent of its conformance with established educational standards. Doctor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degree programs may require a pre-professional undergraduate degree in architecture for admission. However, the pre-professional degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree. The Department of Architecture at South Dakota State University offers the following NAAB-accredited degree programs: M. Arch. (Pre-professional degree + 48 graduate credits) M. Arch. (Non-preprofessional degree + 97 credits) Next accreditation visit for all programs: 2019

PH01:BRK/Passive House Brookings Sioux Falls Design Center Presentation Charles MacBride & Robert Arlt January 18, 2018

No. 02

South Dakota State University Department of Architecture

Charles MacBride Charles MacBride, AIA, NCARB, is an architect and associate professor at the South Dakota State University Department of Architecture. He has been teaching and practicing for over 20 years, with specializations in urbanism, history, housing, and building technology. He co-founded the DoArch Public Works program, and is the recipient of a grant to develop the South Dakota Passive Housing Initiative. In 2016 he taught the first passive house studio at DoArch, resulting in the design for PH01:BRK/ Passive House Brookings. He holds degrees from Columbia and Penn State, and has previously taught at Iowa State University and the University of Colorado Denver. Robert Arlt Robert Arlt, AIA, CPHC, is an architect and instructor at the Department of Architecture at South Dakota State University, teaching in the studio and building science sequences. He was born in Minnesota and graduated with a Master of Architecture from North Dakota State University after spending time studying Fine Arts and Architectural History in Florence, Italy. He has been practicing award winning architecture for eight years in South Dakota with an emphasis on integrating modern, sustainable approaches and technologies in residential and small commercial design. In 2018 he taught the second passive house studio at DoArch, which is intended to be the next house constructed as part of the grant. Blake Foxley Blake Foxley, CPHC, is a graduate research assistant with the Department of Architecture (DoArch) at South Dakota State University. Starting in Fall 2017, he assisted with the coordination of details as well as project administration during the construction of PH01:BRK/Passive House Brookings. In Fall 2017, he assisted Robert Arlt with the ARCH 351:Passive House Outfitters studio course. In 2018, he became a Certified Passive House Consultant (CPHC). Blake has a background in construction and has previously worked as a project manager for a small commercial construction firm.

Professional Design Studio I Arch 651: Passive House Brookings Charles MacBride, studio instructor Fall 2016

SDSU DoArch has been awarded a Future Funds grant by the Governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office to integrate curriculum featuring real world, hands-on design, construction, evaluation and scholarship on building houses certified by the U.S. Passive House Institute (PHIUS). The program is to be an ongoing, selfsustaining, and collaborative effort led by a student design team. Activities will include training and research, monitoring of new and existing Passive Houses, and most visibly, the design, development, and construction of PH01:BRK. This studio is the first such design effort for this project. The Professional Design Practice studio sequence are the two final, advanced topic studios in the M-Arch curriculum. This semesterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s studio will be administered much like the design team in a professional firm. Students will be working in collaboration towards the design of a single project. Outcomes will be wide ranging, including a construction set of documents and specifications, energy modeling, understanding and implementation of PHIUS standards, assembly mockups, communication with consultants and contractors, cost estimating, scheduling, documentation, promotion, and original research. The effort draws upon all of the coursework delivered thus far in the DoArch professional program.

Arch 651: Passive House Brookings Studio / Preliminary Design

Arch 651: Passive House Brookings Schematic Design / Solar Pathfinder

Arch 651: Passive House Brookings Roof and Wall Envelope

Arch 651: Passive House Brookings Framing Model

Building Arts Studio III Arch 351: Passive House Outfitters Robert Arlt, studio instructor Blake Foxley, teaching assistant Fall 2017

Arch 351 is a collaboration workshop taught and organized based on 1:1 fullscale building. The work in this workshop is funded in large part through a Passive House Initiative grant. Throughout the semester students will investigate fullscale fabrication methods through which to explore material properties, building science, and aspects of construction administration. This exploration will be focused on the â&#x20AC;&#x153;outfittingâ&#x20AC;? of the PH01:BRK/Passive House Brookings which will include wall detail mockups, a CLT stair, and steel + wood canopy. This is the fifth in a line of five sequential pre-professional architectural design studios that constitute the backbone of the curriculum in architectural studies. In this course the focus is understanding and operating in design practice through the processes of material engagement and fabrication, a precursor to making buildings.

ARCH 351: Passive House Outfitters Studio Review

Wall Assembly: Gypsum Board Green Treated Sole Plate Wall Frame & Batt Insulation OSB ZIP Sheathing EPS Insulation Galvanized Flashing In-So-Fast Hardie-Board Siding

Floor-Slab Assembly: T&G Maple Flooring Concrete Footing Polyethylene Barrier EPS Insulation

ARCH 351: Passive House Outfitters Assembly Diagram

ARCH 351: Passive House Outfitters Construction Detail Mockups

ARCH 351: Passive House Outfitters Assembly Diagram

PH01:BRK/Passive House Brookings Presentation at Sioux Falls Design Center Charles MacBride & Robert Arlt January 18, 2018

This publication features work from the SDSU Department of Architecture faculty and students in their efforts to design, oversee construction compliance, and certify a single family residence capable of meeting the demanding high performance energy standard of the U.S. Passive House Institute (PHIUS). The project is funded through a grant from the South Dakota Governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office of Economic Development (GOED). The initiative is ongoing and self-sustaining, with the sale of each house funding the next. PH01:BRK is a three bedroom, two and a half bath, two-story single family residence totaling 2,000 SF, with a two-car detached garage and separating courtyard. It is a prototype for modern living, sustainability, energyconsciousness, maximum comfort, and durable long-life construction. It is an infill site located in Brookings, SD, within walking distance of both SDSU and Main Street.

PH01:BRK / Passive House Brookings SFDC Presentation January 2018

PH01:BRK / Passive House Brookings SFDC Exhibit January 2018

Challenges The viability of Passive House in South Dakota September 2017

In September 2017 the progress of the DoArch Passive Housing Initiative was presented at both the AIA South Dakota Convention in Sioux Falls and at the 12th Annual North American Passive House Conference in Seattle. In preparation, information regarding the additional South Dakota passive house initiatives was gathered, and conversations with recently trained CPHC architects conducted. The following challenges were developed. They form a summary outline of the prospect of continued advancement using Passive House principles. Context While it isn’t an excuse, it is important to remember that design and construction in the region is entrenched in the known. There is little financial or cultural incentive for change or innovation. From follow-up interviews with SD CPHCs Descriptions of projects that, for example, call for “a greater airtightness or thermal envelope than usual, and then are changed ‘back to normal’ in the field” without knowledge of the architect are alarmingly common; Other examples of municipal reviewers “waiving a nominal energy requirement for the financial benefit of developers and builders” seems standard; A discussion of various contractor’s own interests and abilities ranged from excellent to unintelligible: one “questioned the entire topic of building science and the usefulness of knowing where the dew point falls in a wall assembly.”

Challenges 1. Capitalize on the initial burst of activity and keep the momentum. 2. Continued financial and political support from the state is necessary…the expectation that the construction industry will move towards higher standards without incentive or regulation is naïve. 3. The lack of serious building or energy code implementation is a barrier…the ‘regulatory’ smell of codes is a cultural and political obstacle that hinders the advancement of building science. It is the architect’s responsibility to raise expectations, from both the state and the construction industry. 4. The continued support of subsidized housing must be maintained if not increased. The commitment by the state of South Dakota into Passive House since 2013 (and at SDSU since 2016) has started a remarkable project, but one that still needs critical, positive investment.

PH01:BRK / Passive House Brookings Construction images Fall-Winter 2017-18

Faculty and Staff 2016-18 Brian T. Rex Department Head and Associate Professor Charles MacBride Associate Professor Jessica Garcia Fritz Assistant Professor Federico Garcia Lammers Assistant Professor Robert Arlt Instructor Brian Lee Instructor Fang Xu Instructor Derek Lankford Program Assistant Garrett Walter Instructor & Workshop Facilitator

Arch 651: Passive House Brookings Fall 2016 Anthony Dyk Emily Hamer Ethan Millar Emily Nelsen, CPHC Beau Prest Spencer Sommers

Arch 351: Passive House Outfitters Fall 2017 Blake Addison Michael Albert Amos Anderson Alex Boerema Derrick Brown Spencer Bumby Nathan Horn DanniJo Johnston Noble Karels Autumn Kayl Krynne Knopik Shyanne Kopfmann Kyle Kueper Nick Lorentz James Marti Prisca Musa

Graduate Research Assistants Blake Foxley, CPHC Ethan Millar Tolulope Oyeniyi